Alamo, Nevada
The Black Mailbox
Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.
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Alamo, Nevada
Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.
Ellicott City, Maryland
Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.
Hopkinton, Rhode Island
This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.
Prypiat, Ukraine
This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.
Rock, West Virginia
This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.
Schroon Lake, New York
This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground
Cave City, Kentucky
An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.
New Castle, Pennsylvania
This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.
Warwick, Rhode Island
Once the largest attraction in Rhode Island, this former amusement park is now a gorgeous coastal state park.
Amanlis, France
An enchanting work of outsider art, full of whimsical sculptures and carvings.
Santa Cruz, California
A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.
Joplin, Missouri
A mysterious light of unknown origin on the backroads of Missouri.
Piercy, California
An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.
St. Ignace, Michigan
Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.
Hellam, Pennsylvania
Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.
Ansted, West Virginia
The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Cars mysteriously roll uphill on this street.
Columbia Falls, Montana
A classic mystery spot complete with spots that are said to make you shrink or grow when you stand on them.
Marion, Ohio
This moving cemetery sphere is a slowly rolling stone.
Waterbury, Connecticut
A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.
Waterbury, Connecticut
A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.